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South Dakota’s gay-hating, God fearing governor Kristi Noem is absolutely giddy over the last abortion clinic in her state putting a pause on abortion procedures.Related: Kristi Noem’s chances of ever being president were just flushed down the toilet“Abortions have stopped in South Dakota. We have prayed for this day, and now it is here,” Noem, who opposes same-sex marriage, hates trans people, and is a champion for religious freedom laws, tweeted. “Now, we must redouble our focus on taking care of mothers in crisis.

Outitude is a recent documentary that explores the incredible history behind the Irish lesbian community. The award-winning film covers everything from lesbian activism, collectives, community, politics, and academia from the 1970’s to today. The documentary also includes powerful messages and personal statements from several individuals including Nell McCafferty (who was slapped by a man who […]

RTÉ will not appear before the Oireachtas tomorrow, June 22, to address the anti-Trans discussions that took place for several days on Joe Duffy’s Liveline show. The Oireachtas Media and Culture Committee invited them to address the occurrence after the enormous repercussions surrounding the radio show, including Dublin Pride’s decision to terminate its partnership with […]

A royal expert is explaining why they believe Queen Elizabeth and the Palace have not made the results of the Meghan Markle bullying investigation public.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentJesse Collins Entertainment has received a minority investment from Fulwell 73, Variety has learned.The deal expands opportunities for both companies, which will continue to produce independently, in addition to collaborating. Both companies are known for producing live event and unscripted content with high-caliber talent, and previously worked together on the Grammy Awards.Financial terms of deal between the Jesse Collins Company and Fulwell 73 were not disclosed.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner, who the Russian government has detained on drug charges, attempted to call her wife almost a dozen times on Saturday but was unable to get through because the U.S. Embassy in Moscow had no staff at the number officials gave her.Cherelle Griner told the Associated Press about the ordeal in an interview Monday. Since her wife's arrest in February, they have not spoken, but that was supposed to change for their fourth anniversary this weekend. The couple had arranged a phone call through the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, which the Russian government had approved.

A post shared by Nyla Rose (@nylarosebeast)She may play a villain in the ring—a “heel” in wrestling parlance—but to fans, Nyla Rose is a trailblazing hero. When Rose signed with All Elite Wrestling before its launch in February 2019, she made history as the first openly transgender wrestler in history to sign with a major American promotion.When she won the AEW Women’s World Championship a year later, she achieved another milestone, becoming the first trans wrestler to win a title in a major American promotion.But as she recently revealed, Rose had hit a low point in her career just before signing with AEW.

heels, jewellery and makeup. I was probably around four years old when I first started taking things from my mum’s makeup bag and trying them out on myself. Importantly, she never discouraged me and always told me I looked gorgeous. I think this helped build my confidence. Then, at around the age of seven, I started attempting proper techniques and trying to create actual looks. When I was eight, I came up with my drag character, Francheska Valley.

letter last week to Transportation Secretary Buttigieg requesting $33million to support the South Bridge Project in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.Yes, the same Pete Buttigieg whom she mocked a few months ago when he became a dad to twins. Boebert posted a video in which she lambasted Buttigieg for taking paternity leave, joking that he was trying to learn how to “chest feed” his kids.Related: Lauren Boebert attacks Pete Buttigieg over taking paternity leaveIn her letter, Boebert said, “Glenwood Springs will construct a new bridge connection that will provide a critical second emergency route/evacuation access between State Highway 82 and the western side of the Roaring Fork River in the City’s South Corridor.”She says she believes the project, “aligns with the Rural Surface Transportation program’s goals to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas.”She signed it off by saying, “I respectfully urge your full and fair consideration of this competitive grant application.”In an email to the Durango Herald, Boebert saw no contradiction in her request for federal funding for the new bridge after slamming the Infrastructure bill.

It was announced today, June 21, that Sara Phillips has stepped down from her role as chairperson of TENI, capping ten years of service. “I would like to thank all the board and staff of TENI and our wider community, for their support over the past ten years,” she said. “It has not always been […]

Fina, swimming’s international governing body, has announced a controversial new policy that will ban transgender swimmers from competing under the gender that they identify with.

The Advocate, creating the largest LGBTQ+ owned and operated media company in the country. The new enterprise has been branded Equal Pride.In an announcement on Tuesday, the company said it will also seek to expand its audience with women and people of color.

A premiere date for Drag Race Down Under season two has finally been ruvealed.

George Michael and David Austin were best friends who met because their mothers were best friends. Austin’s family lived at 67 Redhill Drive in the working class East Finchley area of North London, and Michael’s family was at 57. The two wrote songs together and remained close even as one became a global superstar and the other didn’t.

The Jaffa hotel is, of course, situated in the ancient port city of Jaffa – the Jaffa that features in the Bible and everything (apparently it was built by one of Noah’s sons after The Flood) and the Jaffa that is just a 10 minute car journey from the bustling modern city of Tel Aviv.

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‘INTIMATE’ is a queer photobook that aims to explore queer intimacy and to deconstruct objective queerness.  I sat down with the minds behind the project, Ella Bowler and Aoife McGrath to talk about the creative process behind their upcoming photobook and how they brought their ideas to life.  Ella is a writer creating space for […]

Will & Grace actor Sean Hayes.Hayes gave an opening monologue in which he talked about President Joe Biden’s recent bike fall and CDC advice about monkeypox. Hayes also revealed that because of his iconic role as Jack on Will & Grace, whenever he flies anywhere, gay cabin crew recognize him and find a way of slipping him some extras from the trolley.He says he now wants to pass these benefits on to others in the community.Related: Pilot diverts plane after homophobic rant from drunk passenger to cabin crewThis led to a comedy skit in which he showed off a fictional new app, entitled Fruitfly, which connects gay travelers with gay cabin crew, for them to receive similar perks.You can watch from the 8-minute mark below..@JimmyKimmelLive guest host @SeanHayes continues with the @SpiritAirlines (and @SouthwestAir) jokes and more last night.

Renaissance (due July 29). It’s her first album since 2016’s Lemonade.‘Break My Soul’ was due to be out at midnight ET.

READ MORE: Netflix Bridgerton cast romances - coming out, footballer partner and Kim Kardashian linkBy throwing the audience into the deep end of their virgin lesbian sex adventure head first, the producers of the series had viewers questioning the actual premise of the show.A number of viewers took to social media to ask if teenagers were the actual target audience of the show, with some criticising the lack of a romantic buildup between the two characters before they started romping.“All these new teen shows with heavy sexual themes. Who exactly is the audience?” asked one angry viewer, to which another responded admitting they had to stop watching First Kill because of the sex scenes.She said: “At 28 I really can't watch people pretending to be 15-17 being that sexual and not feel icky.”Another commented: “The sex scenes in First Kill are actually so inappropriate.”“I’m liking First Kill so far but did they have to make them 16?” questioned one.Several critics went online to express their belief that the sex scene was a typical example of a show being written and produced with a ‘male gaze’, saying they believed the show had been ‘oversexualised’, but others were not so sure.Instructing people who criticise First Kill because of its ‘sexual content’ to ‘go and watch Peppa Pig’ instead, one person said: “Women have sex with women, and if you’re saying a certain TV show is for the male gaze only because it has scenes with this type of content, it’s actually offensive.”Concurring, another said: “Anyone saying (First Kill’s) scenes are for the male gaze is just straight up weird.

The Republican Party in Texas made a series of far-right declarations as part of its official party platform over the weekend, claiming that President Biden was not legitimately elected, issuing a “rebuke” to Senator John Cornyn for his work on bipartisan gun legislation and referring to homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice.” The platform was voted on in Houston at the state party’s convention, which concluded on Saturday. The resolutions about Mr.

We finally have a premiere date for the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. Stan on Tuesday announced that the sophomore edition of the series with drag queens from Australia and New Zealand will premiere on Saturday July 30, 2022. While details of the production are a tightly guarded secret, here’s what we know about Season 2 of the Down Under edition of the Emmy award winning international franchise.In March 2022, after wrapping up the shooting of the second season in New Zealand, RuPaul had described the queens from Down Under as “ratchet”. The first season was criticised for its low production values and RuPaul in an interview on The Graham Norton Show revealed, things hadn’t been upsized for season two.  Fellow guest and actor Benedict Cumberbatch asked RuPaul how different were the Down Under queens.

normadeguerre"I've literally just made an account so I could comment on this! Her slow realisation that she liked Maggie as more than a friend, and the support she received from her family and friends was incredible. Watching her grow and become confident in her own skin was beautiful, and it was so well-handled (even if the rest of the show became a bit of a train wreck)!"—tarajay93"The moment where she was talking to Kara and she was breaking down how she felt really connected with the closeted gay girl inside me."—gracemartinez2700"Her storyline was great because it was so realistic – she had to come out multiple times to different people.

Merseyside Police, which is Liverpool's local police department.Police said that the alleged attacker was with another man as well. Both fled the scene shortly after the attack.Authorities are still attempting to identify the suspect involved in assaulting the older man.“It’s extremely disappointing that during Pride Month, when we are celebrating tolerance in our communities, a man appears to have been targeted because of his sexuality.

In a statement published on the morning of Tuesday, June 21, the International Rugby League (IRL) confirmed that Transgender athletes are not allowed to compete in sanctioned women’s international rugby league matches. The decision was made as the 2021 Rugby League World Cup approaches, and the organisation claimed it wanted to use the October tournament […]

When one of our students told us they were going to drop out of college in August 2021, it wasn’t the first time we’d heard of someone ending their studies prematurely.

while other athletes also criticised the decision to allow Thomas to compete.A statement from FINA has now stated that transgender athletes will be able to compete only if ‘they can establish to FINA’s comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later’.FINA President Husain Al-Musallam said: ‘We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions.‘FINA will always welcome every athlete. The creation of an open category will mean that everybody has the opportunity to compete at an elite level.

Jennifer Lopez has been praised by fans for using gender-neutral pronouns to refer to her child ahead of a duet at one of her shows.

Public Health Scotland said this was the total of as of noon on Sunday.It added that the majority of cases were amongst adults known to be gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and who also reported recent European travel.Public Health Scotland said that so far "the majority of cases in the UK have been in men age 20 to 50."It noted that the illness "appears to be generally mild and not life-threatening" with no reported deaths in the UK to date.The strain of monkeypox which is now in 25 “non-endemic countries” is the one normally found in the Western Africa.It is the less serious of the two known types but it still kills around 3.3% of patients who have been diagnosed with it. Skin to skin or skin to mouth contact is still considered the most likely route of transmission.

Nick McCarthy, the scrum-half for Leinster, has come out as gay.

Those living with HIV who have no detectable levels of the virus will now be recognised as fully fit for all service in the UK Armed Forces.

Sometimes, it can be very difficult to find a lesbian girlfriend you’ll be able to connect with. Despite there being more options than ever when it comes to LGBTQ+ dating, it still comes down to meeting that one person you “click” with.

WOW Presents Plus has released a sickening new trailer for Drag Race France ahead of its premiere this week.

Beyoncé has finally made her comeback with the Big Freedia-assisted Break My Soul.

le wokisme is also emerging, but nearly always in its negative connotation. In Perspective, we spoke to Alex Mahoudeau, author of "La panique woke, anatomie d'une offensive réactionnaire", or "Woke panic, anatomy of a reactionary offensive".

LGBTQ+ if you’ve had to hide it your whole life?A new campaign by West Pride, an annual event held in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, aims to highlight the problems posed by this very question.“Letting an arbitrary process decide if LGBTQ+ refugees are approved asylum or not is inhumane,” says Emma Gunterberg Sachs, General Manager of West Pride.West Pride have teamed up with design company AKQA to create a billboard and social media campaign which highlights the plight of LGBTQ+ refugees caught up in the Swedish immigration system.Each billboard will feature an anonymous refugee and share their story, telling the journeys of six asylum seekers this Pride Month.“Far too many are wrongly sent back to a lifetime of persecution, imprisonment or death. We need to stop this now,” says Gunterberg Sachs.When the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights did a report on LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in 2017, no member state was able to provide official figures on the numbers entering the country.Nations that could provide estimates did so through civil organisations with the Netherlands estimating between 100 -1000 and Denmark given 70.There have been widespread reports of LGBTQ+ refugees from the Middle East and West Africa reaching Europe in the hopes of a better life, only to be asked for proof of their sexuality in the tolerant countries they are going to for sanctuary. West Pride has given their Ambassadors of Pride official roles in an effort to give their asylum claims legitimacy.

Harry Styles helped a fan come out as gay during a show at Wembley Stadium on 19 June after spotting their sign in the audience.

Musk's child has petitioned for a new name and birth certificate through the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica. The documents filed in April, found on plainsite.org, state that Musk's child no longer wants to "live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form."This revelation about Musk's home life may shock some as he's previously joked about gender identity and even tweeted, "Pronouns suck."Musk's child, named Xavier Alexander Musk at birth, recently turned 18 and has asked the California court to change their name and gender recognition from male to female.

Billionaire Elon Musk's transgender child has filed a request for a name change over gender identity in an effort to cut ties with their father. "Gender identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form," Musk's child gave as reasoning for the petition. Elon Musk, Founder and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, attends the Satellite 2020 Conference in Washington, DC, United States on March 9, 2020.

Tesla founder Elon Musk is looking to change her name to distance herself from her father.After Xavier Alexander Musk turned 18 in April, she filed a petition with a courthouse to change her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson, after her mother, and to be legally recognized as female.Her hearing is scheduled for Friday. Court documents showing the information of the name change and hearing leaked onto Twitter over the weekend.A court document says the reason for the change is to do with "gender Identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form."Newsweek has contacted Musk's representatives for comment.The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder has previously stoked controversy with his views on pronouns.

Football was a hugely important part of my life from a young age.I used to have kick-arounds with friends between the ages of seven and 11 after school (even though I was the only girl that played) and go to matches with my dad. A Bovril and pie was our halftime ritual.My parents were incredibly supportive of my love of football.

A 27-year-old out gay man in Queensland has been accused of raping his female friend. The accused, identified as Dominic Edmund Hansson, has pleaded not guilty and is facing trial before a District Court in Brisbane, reported The Courier Mail. Trigger Warning: This story has details of a sexual assault, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.According to the police, Hansson has been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting his female friend, after turning up at her inner city Brisbane apartment in 2019.

Manchester – World soccer’s governing body FIFA and World Athletics said on Monday that they are reviewing their transgender eligibility policies after swimming passed new rules that restrict transgender participation in women’s events.On Sunday, swimming’s world governing body FINA voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s competitions and create a working group to establish an “open” category for them in some events as part of its new policy.This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites. If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this support page.

Suffice it to say that Lil Nas X‘s most recent corporate sponsorships might not be exactly as advertised.The rapper took to Twitter over the weekend to announce some new sponsorships which would give fans perks for pre-saving his upcoming single, “Late To Da Party”.However, something about it seems a little, as the kids would say, unserious.FREE COCK WHEN YOU PRESAVE MY NEW SONG TODAYPRESAVE: https://t.co/FZ6ukCLDXN pic.twitter.com/Aau163W2is— obamas cousin (@LilNasX) June 19, 2022Of course, the also highly unserious social team at Grindr did their part to keep the bit going.everyone hurry up and presave while you can, we’re running out of cock!!! https://t.co/FfJdkrMrQd— Grindr (@Grindr) June 20, 2022Whether the collab was real or not, the aforementioned perk may no longer be available anyways. 3sorry guys due to high demand we are running out of cock.

Queen Elizabeth does not want any more of the palace's «dirty linens» aired in public.After it was revealed that Buckingham Palace would not be releasing a report to the public on the investigation into claims that Meghan Markle «bullied» palace staff, ET royal expert, Katie Nicholl, said that the Queen is doing her best to keep the matter «in-house» after a particularly dramatic year for the royal family.«Everything that I'm hearing at the moment out of the palace, is that the Queen doesn't want any more drama. She just doesn't want any more dirty linens aired in public,» Nicholl shared.She continued, «By taking it in-house, which is essentially what the Queen has done, she is trying to limit any further damage, any further damage to the monarchy, potentially any further damage to those members of staff who have made those allegations and also, possibly to the Duchess of Sussex, who denied those allegations.»While trying to limit any further damage to those involved, Nicholl said the Palace is trying to protect those involved as well as the queen attempts to bury Meghan's bullying report.«Well, it's been speculated that the reason that this investigation isn't going to essentially see the light of day, at least in public, is to protect those who spoke out and made these allegations of bullying against the Duchess of Sussex, to protect their privacy, to protect their anonymity.

Gemma Collins donned a bright red sequinned suit as she took part in a new campaign in the town of Sandwich, Kent.The former TOWIE star joined Gary Lineker and Fred Sirieix to decide once and for all whether crisps should be eaten in a sandwich or out as part of Walkers' "Big Sandwich Vote". The TV personality led team "Crisp IN" while chef Fred was in charge of team "Crisp OUT", and both could be seen riding around Sandwich on tractors to represent their teams.